This is exactly what I tried to explain to him in some other threads. If Canon never made any mention of a 100+ megapixel sensor, I'd keep my mouth shut.
They also made a 250 MP sensor, do you also expect that in an upcoming MILC? Again, that development announcement was
9 years ago (2015, I was incorrectly using Richard’s number of years), and was for a DSLR. If you look at the actual PR from Canon, there’s a footnote that the camera is not available for sale and there’s no assurance that it will ever be available for sale…a footnote conspicuously absent from development announcements that actually became products.
You guys are reading way too much into this. Canon showed off a prototype. So what? Where’s the 600/4 DO they showed off as a prototype in 2015 alongside the 120 MP sensor? Or the Wonder Camera they promoted in 2010? Vaporware.
He's acting as if expecting Canon to at least keep up with competition when it comes to sensor resolution is unreasonable.
I expect Canon to make the cameras they believe will best support their business. I also expect they know best what cameras will do so.
Canon knows the market better than we do. Your wish for them to ‘keep up with the competition’ is just an implied wish for Canon to fulfill your personal want. I have wants, too…but I don’t expect Canon to fulfill them because of that.
Meanwhile, I can buy a Canon FF MILC and a trio of RF zoom lenses covering 15-400mm for somewhere around $2500. I don’t see you complaining that Sony and Nikon are failing to ‘keep up with the competition’ by offering a relatively affordable setup like that. Why? Because it’s not something you personally wish for.
Personally, I try to view Canon’s decisions through a lens of business acumen. If you want to view their decisions through the lens of your personal desires, that’s your call. But its going to be a very distorted view.
That's not to say that Canon won't make a high MP camera. They have done so in the past, and will probably do so again. To the point of the title of this thread, where is the R5s? It will be here when Canon wants it to be, on their schedule. Not yours. It may be too late for you, Canon doesn't care. Just like they didn't care when people claimed they were 'late to mirrorless' but the EOS M line became the best-selling MILC badge and Canon now sells more MILCs than anyone else.
It's been five years since Sony came out with 61 mpix. A few months ago they officially announced they have a 250 mpix cmos sensor, and while it's intended for industrial use, it's pretty clear where things are heading. 5 years later, Canon is still stuck at 45 mpix.
As I said, Canon announced a 250 MP CMOS sensor in 2015. So you’re saying Sony is 9 years behind the competition. Ok.
I want Canon to do good, to be competitive and for myself and everybody else to keep using their cameras. But I won't be sticking my head in the sand, acting like they don't have catching up to do.
Canon doesn’t care about ‘being competitive’ in your personal headspace, they care about being competitive in the global camera market. Clearly they are, if you take your head out of the sand long enough to look at the data.
The bottom line is that you’re implying Canon is not competitive because they’re not making the camera you want. The objective reality is that they dominate the camera market, and they got there and stayed there by designing and selling cameras the majority of customers want to buy. If their decisions don't align with your priorities, that's a you problem.